The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-06

in between now ana Januery lst win ie put in a
box, mixed, and first name taken out gels $500. It
may he yours, The next name gets 500, and so on
tin 81 600 in gold is given away. For your 81 you
get the Lest and biggest PAPER in America and you
may get $50 ilNsOd, or 500, or a small present.
between England and the colonies was declar-
ed Charles BraZWell embraced his weeping wife
and children III a last fond adicu and marched
away never 10 return. He was killed Eat the
Coupons" One bright Sabbath morning while
the widow was instructing her children,
and trying to impress upon them the duties of
life, they were startled by savage war
whoop, and before it could be realized mother
and daughter were slain. Young BrazWell
had rendered a kindness to one of the Indians;
this saved his life, but he was made prisoner.
That night he escaped, but received cut, the
scar Of which he carried to his grave. He
managed TO get to all uncle's house, that lived
in Raleigh. Here he grew up and married
Miss Amanda Hawks, the village belle. But
he was possessed of a spirit that still longed
for thd frontier life. In 1875 he emigrated to
Georgia, settling on the then extreme
border, next to the Indian line.
Here, with two slaves. he made
comfortable home, and lived in the peaceful
pursuits Of farmer. Two lovely children
were born. and all went well until one summer
evening the dread red man, the curse Of his
earlier days burst upon the devoted home.
He returned to find all that he loved on earth
had been lost forevcr-murdercd by the Indi-
ans. No one knows what the poor man suf-
fcrCd. No one can imagine the horror of the
scene that was enacted on what is now Nor
gan county soil. He did not move away; he
did not seek vengeance; he went quietly along,
SO far as we can Learn, but became strangely
reserved and quiet, never going any
where. He lived IS hermit. Thus
the impression went out, as people be-
gan moving in to settle the county, that
he was an old bachelor, This belief prevails,
to a great extent, to this day. When, in 1917,
be died it was found that all his estate and
slaves had been left to be converted into
money for the education Of the orphans OF the
county, vesting the fund in the hands Of the
judges of the superior court. The will pro-
vided that his slaves should choose their own
master. One of them, nearly one hundred
as it is called, began to accumulate rapidly,
war that would avail themselves
of its bounty-people however too rich, not too
proud. When the war broke out it amounted
to some SO, 900, but during that stormy period
owing to bad investment and acknowledgements
dwindled down to some three thousand dollars
Since that time, in the careful hands of the Or
binary, it has rapidly increased, amounting
now to some $4,000, invested in Georgia bonds
and Georgia railroad stock. Morgan county
also owes the fund some 81, 900 Without bad
luck it wilfnot take many years for this fund
to swell to enormous size, and it probably will
be eventually used to build BraZwell college.
Thus has been given short sketch of the life
and deeds of one whose history heretofore has
been sbrouded and even now is revealed only
through the mist Of tradition. All honor to
the name of BrazWell.
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